Dhaka, July 10 -- The encounter between Dubey and the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) broke out when the gangster tried to escape upon reaching Kanpur. Vikas suffered a few bullet shots and later succumbed to his injuries.

Uttar Pradesh STF team along with Vikas Dubey had reached Kanpur on Friday morning after the gangster was handed over to it by their Madhya Pradesh counterparts.

After reaching Kanpur, a police vehicle carrying the gangster met with an accident at Barra area.

Taking advantage of the situation, Dubey got out of the vehicle, snatched a pistol from the police personnel and tried to flee, according to the report. Police said Dubey was asked to surrender but he shot at the law enforces instead.

Retaliatory shots w...